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Suffering from an illness that is slowly destroying his lungs, Tom struggles with his short life-expectancy and hangs out with petty criminals. Enter his hospital neighbor Xavier who suffers from the same illness but behaves like an athlete and infuses Tom with optimism. Tom enjoys his new friend and finds love with quirky quarantine girl Eline. But when Tom’s brother dies during a lung transplant, he is devastated and breaks away from Xavier and Eline. Much later, Tom and Xavier meet again when they are up for a lung transplant. Slowly, their friendship rekindles…TRANSCRIPT
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CREDITSOriginal title: AdemDirector: Hans Van Nuffel Screenplay: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem and Hans Van Nuffel based on an original screenplay by Hans Van NuffelCast: Stef Aerts, Wouter Hendrickx, Rik Verheye, Anemone Valcke, Marie Vinck, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Ina Geerts, Kris CuppensPhotography: Ruben ImpensEditing: Alain DessauvageSound: Dirk BombeyMusic: Spinvis
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FORMATOriginal version: DutchRunning time: 98’Format: 35mm, 1:2.35 (scope), Dolby SR, ColourYear of production: 2010
PRODUCTIONFlemish producer : Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem and Dries PhlypoFlemish production company : A Private ViewCo-producers: Joost de Vries and Marleen Slot Co-production company: Lemming Film (NL)Supported by: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), NFF, Eurimages, Belgian Tax Shelter, Belgian Association Against Cystic Fibrosis
INFO & SALESA PRIVATE VIEWDries PhlypoLange Violettestraat 237BE- 9000 GentBelgium
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COMPETITION2010 MONTREAL
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
A PRIVATE VIEW PRESENTSBased on an original screenplay by
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN RIJCKEGHEM and HANS VAN NUFFEL
A film by
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Hans Van Nuffel (°1981) graduated from the Brussels RITS film academy. His graduation project, the highly acclaimed short Het einde van de rit (The End Of The Ride), won him a prestigious VAF Wildcard (Wild Cards provide development funding and mentoring for the winning film students to make their first independent projects) from the Flanders Audiovisual Fund. With this wildcard, he directed a second short, FAL (2007), a hard-boiled drama about a revengeful arms dealer, which won an award at the International Short Film Festival Leuven and the Jury Award at the 2008 Montréal World Film Festival. Hans continued to direct the stylish short Nachtraven (Nighthawks), a story on vampires and love. Hans is considered one of Flanders’ most promising new talents. During the past two years, he has been working on his feature film debut Oxygen.
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Tom and his brother Lucas are bright young men who suffer from an illness that is slowly destroying their lungs. Tom struggles with his short life-expectancy and hangs out with petty criminals.
Enter his hospital neighbor Xavier who suffers from the same illness but behaves like an athlete and infuses Tom with optimism. Tom enjoys his new friend and finds love with quirky quarantine girl Eline.
But when his brother Lucas dies during a lung transplant, Tom is devastated. He hides with his criminal friends and breaks away from Xavier and Eline.
Much later, Tom and Xavier meet again when they are up for a lung transplant. Slowly, their friendship rekindles…
OXYGEN is a compelling drama laced with humor about limited time and unlimited love.
A Private View, created in 1994, is an independent production company based in Ghent. The company is headed by producer-screenwriter-novelist Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem (who co-wrote the script of Moscow, Belgium with Pat Van Beirs) and producer Dries Phlypo. The company’s production credits include several youth-oriented features such as The Ball (1998) and Science Fiction (2002), both directed by Dany Deprez, and such local crowd-pleasers as Long Weekend (Hans Herbots, 2005), A Perfect Match (Miel van Hoogenbemt, 2007) and the award-winning international hit Moscow, Belgium (Christophe van Rompaey, 2008).